Oversized loads going fast..

I occassionally run permitted overweight through OH and Indy. My OH permit restricts me to 55mph. Even though nobody can see that I'm running overweight (steel coil on a conestoga trailer, outta sight and outta mind) since there are no banner or light requirements in either state for overweight, my happy butt is doing 55mph.

The costs to me AND my carrier on the off chance I get caught speeding under a permit load just flat aren't worth it to me. I run by my permit until the load is delivered.

 

The guys that roam the two lanes, the hoppers, cow pimps and stick trucks, I do appreciate them because they have big motors and pedal to get around you. And they run their radios. If they holler at me, I have no problem backing out and letting them pass. You won’t ever have them pass and then have to push them up the road.

 

If you really want to be helpful, and you see one of us gaining on you move over so we don’t have to change lanes. And like was said before, for the love of god quit parking on the shoulder to make your sandwich.

 

I headed from Portland OR up to Seattle yesterday and was going about 65 in pouring rain on I-5 in Washington. A pilot truck blew past me then here comes 2 wide loads doing about 75. Both forced me to the shoulder to avoid getting hit on their way around. I kept hoping for a low bridge.

 

I looked at the current provisions for PA. That provision isn't there. Instead they have a provision saying that if it is safe to pull completely off the road you must do so in order to allow vehicles to get around you. The goal is not to have six or more vehicles delayed.

The only OSOW I pulled in PA was a few years ago, with a gutless tractor. There was zero chance I was going to threaten to get close to the speed limit. I had to turn in all permits and provisions with the waybill, so I lost my "evidence".

Another provision in there is something I see a lot of oilfield drivers violate. This is the spacing requirement for convoys. In PA you have to have at least 1000' between permitted loads. In Colorado it is half a mile.

 

We keep hoping you’ll lose a flip flop

 

Edit one letter.

 

Thanks editor in chief

 

Alright, we do a lot of loads in Pa. I've yet to read anything direct about speed in the provisions.

 

Never ever seen the 10 mph under posted on a pa permit. I push it hard sometimes to keep the hangerrounds away from me. The ones that want to ride along side of ya because they don't have enough motor or just being stupid !